Tag Archives: Beit Furik

(This post was published in Hebrew on July 1st. Its translation was delayed due to technical problems – Aryeh) I went today (June 30) on a tour following Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff’s report (Haaretz, June 24, 2009) that following … Continue reading →

The closure on the West Bank went into effect yesterday (Monday, April 6) at midnight, and will end on Saturday night (April 18). Below: an enslaved Palestinian. I took this on March 19, 2009, at the gate … Continue reading →

This post is a sequel to the previous one. A new checkpoint on the apartheid road leading to Beit Furik, on the Awarta junction. Two concrete fences are blocking the passageway, two soldiers check identification documents … Continue reading →

An arm of iron was posted on the road leading to the villages of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan (both photos were taken on Tuesday, February 10 2009): Similar iron arms were constructed lately in other … Continue reading →

Quoting from the Amnesty International report: “Rula ‘Ashtiya was forced to give birth on the ground, on a dirt road by the Beit Furik checkpoint, after Israeli soldiers refused to allow her through the checkpoint in the … Continue reading →

At first, the soldiers called the detention facility “Jorah” (an Arab word meaning pithole, used in colloquial Hebrew for sewage). Every checkpoint has its Jorah. It is a quadrangular concrete fence, of various sizes, according to what … Continue reading →